Fell asleep at 9:30 last night and wide awake at 3:30, great!
On vacation from my "real" job until Jan 5th but heading out in an hour to go work with the marketing guy for the new business. He's very intense and analytical, the owner of the company is an artist who writes nothing down, and I'm somewhere in between. Hopefully all the styles mesh together!
I have a lot to do to get ready for Christmas dinner but I'm feeling kinda chill. It will all come together.
My throat is a bit dry and scratchy. I really don't want to get sick in the next few weeks. I hope I can drink a ton of water and feel better.
So glad this is a 2-day week for me. I wrapped all our gifts last night so I just need to pack for us to go away, and I'll do that tomorrow night. I'm ready for Christmas to be here!
I really don't know how people with kids do it. I always feel like I have a million things to do and places to go and nowhere near enough hours in the day to do it all. I can't imagine having to take care of kids on top of that. Y'all are basically superheroes to me.
Mimosas are a perfect choice squirrelymom! Allllll that vitamin C!
Yesterday I shampooed all of our carpets, today my whole body is sore. How sad is that?! I've been so excited for the holidays and everything we've had going on that I've been sleeping like crap lately and it's catching up with me.
We had a fantastic weekend and I got a ton of stuff done that's been on my list for awhile. Makes me HAPPPY!!
I'm kind of sad Christmas season is nearly over. I always get the sads from January through March. It's such a long drag of nothing and cold.
One of our family Christmases where we do a white elephant exchange was cancelled this year. We had already bought and wrapped our gift for it. We should be bummed about this, but considering we were devising a strategy to steal our gift back, we are completely okay with it.
DD has children's Christmas pageant dress rehearsal this morning, I'll have DS in tow. Should be interesting, lol.
DS is eating eggs this morning, it's a Christmas miracle!
Other than packing for FL, everything is ready for Christmas, and we don't leave until Christmas day. I have no idea what to pack though, despite going every.single.year of my life, I never seem to get FL winter clothes right. I always end up buying a sweater or shorts.
My throat is a bit dry and scratchy. I really don't want to get sick in the next few weeks. I hope I can drink a ton of water and feel better.
I swear by that Airborne stuff. I'm not sure if it's psychological or actual science, but if I catch the scratchy throat early enough, I can ward if off. Hope it goes away for you!
Post by wildfloweragain on Dec 22, 2014 8:02:06 GMT -5
Tying up loose cleaning and cookie ends today.
My mother gets sad if she wakes up and there is nothing in her stocking Christmas morning. For real.
So I am off to do the one enabling thing I do all year for her and fill the stocking today. An hour in the car with sick kids. What could possibly go wrong?
I'm on vacation this week. My friend is coming over this morning to wrap my Christmas presents. I have a severe arthritis-like condition and my hands are all messed up. I'm so happy she helps every year.
Got DS a minecraft toy at Target yesterday. It was $40 but they price matched TRU $20. Yay!
DD has children's Christmas pageant dress rehearsal this morning, I'll have DS in tow. Should be interesting, lol.
DS is eating eggs this morning, it's a Christmas miracle!
Other than packing for FL, everything is ready for Christmas, and we don't leave until Christmas day. I have no idea what to pack though, despite going every.single.year of my life, I never seem to get FL winter clothes right. I always end up buying a sweater or shorts.
First day since Wednesday that dd woke up fever-free! She still has to stay home today bc she had one yesterday. I'm debating sending her tomorrow even if it's ok bc I don't want her to get sick again. But I took these two days off so I could get all my wrapping done. Ugh. Maybe my parents will help.
I "think" I have a closing today that's been delayed a month. I have a DR's appt for my son and a listing appt. So of course I wake up with stomach issues that are keeping me tied to the bathroom. And it doesn't feel like something I ate so not sure if its a virus or what. FML
Post by lightbulbsun on Dec 22, 2014 8:37:41 GMT -5
My coworker and I got an e-mail invite at 11:14pm last night asking us to come to DC for a punch list Tuesday. As in tomorrow, 2 days before Christmas. We live 3 hours away with no traffic, but there's always traffic. We've been asking when we can come down since October. Basically we're telling him no, and we'll go down the first week of January. This guy is a complete nut job.
I was going to participate in a cookie exchange at work (tomorrow), but I still feel terrible and don't see myself being up for baking tonight - plus, germs, even with good hand-washing - and so I emailed the coordinator to let her know first thing this morning, and let her know I'll participate next year. She, in turn, sent a super passive aggressive email to the rest of the participants letting them know they are now short one person. I get that the late notice sucks and makes me look like a flake, but that was just so unecessary.
The woman working the front desk at urgent care yesterday had a pimple with a huge white head right on the front of her chin. The urge to pop it was overwhelming. I am a sick person. lol
K is scared of the air purifier which makes it tough to get her to sleep all night without coughing a million times. I am carrying around 4 pounds of PMS weight (which sucks) and the pre-period night sweats have begun. I hate it.
Going out and running the last of my errands this morning. Why doesn't the liquor store open until 10am?? I was hoping to leave earlier and be done by then. =0( It's also on the side of town with the good coffee shop, and I don't want to wait to get coffee until then (everything else I need is on the other side of town).
After that, I'll start baking, finish wrapping, and cleaning.
I should get my formal offer letter with my start date today, as well as setting up the drug test and background check. I'm not going to lie, I'm hoping for a start of the 12th over the 5th. That way I can recover for our week away from the house for Christmas.
I'm all alone in my office with painters which is not helping with the morning sickness. It just started yesterday while I was making cookies with my Mom. I need to get this stuff done and get the heck out of here.
I also just made my grocery shopping list and it is a mile long. Potluck Christmas dinners 5 nights this week. I have too much family.
At my hair appt. I miss my girl here in Michigan so I try to go to her when visiting!! So excited! Fun day planned. Lunch with old friends. Dinner out with old friends! Lazy afternoon in between!!
I have the BEST sweater planned for tomorrow for our Christmas party. I am so excited to show it off!
ETA- I glued a plastic sleeve on a sweater and I am going to slide an iPad in there and play the Yule Log with music. I made a mantle around the iPad and put little stockings around the fire place.
My MIL will be at my house when I get home from work. She is staying until sometime Christmas day.
Still haven't gotten my Christmas bonus. Looks like we won't be getting one this year.
I am so tired this morning. Trying to get the house looking spotless because the sister that is dropping his mom off will notice. And tell everyone else. I just need to let that go. My girls are home and I am sure it will be a mess as soon as they get up. LOL
Only two days of work this week. I am off for 5 days, work 3 more and off for 5 more. Love the end of the year.